Had to go out to the junkyard yesterday on a hunt for some parts for the EVT Opel project. GAW Used Auto Parts in Walpole turned out to be a gold mine, and we had a field day checking out their acres worth of cars.
I was up at sunrise to go out and hopefully get the parts back to the shop in time for the 11AM EVT meeting. I recruited Nestor, a friend in the dorm, to help me out with the early trip...and he managed to make his presence known on the lot...
We had a field day checking out their collection of old classic cars, as they had a huge collection.
Even a couple Opels out on the lot! We'll have to go back if we ever need spare parts.
The miata rear subframe was a reasonable size and shape for what we wanted to do with the Opel drivetrain, so we were hoping to get the full rear assembly to size up and model with the rest of our components.
There were a couple miatas, and fortunately there was most of the rear wheel drive, independent suspension assembly laying on top of another car - missing only the lower control arms.
It was in kinda rough shape, but perfectly fine for us to work with the geometry. We took everything, and hauled it back through the mud to the truck.
Made it back to the shop with plenty of time before the meeting, and as the rest of the gang showed up, we got right to tearing down, cleaning up, and CAD-ing the miata parts.
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